Bad Dog 's Spring Slate
Bad Dog, Toronto’s home for improv for the past 40+ years, will present a plethora of fantastic shows to close out their Spring season.
On May 4 at The Assembly Theatre, Bad Dog will present HOOKUP at 8pm and SAD FEMME CLUB at 9:30pm.
Directed by Paul Bates, HOOKUP takes the lives, likes and dislikes, turn-ons and turn-offs of two random audience members and turns them into a fully improvised romantic comedy. You’ll hook up, break up, live the single life, and fall in love all over again without ever leaving your seat. https://baddogtheatre.com/hookup
SAD FEMME CLUB is a monthly comedy showcase featuring hilarious women and queer folx of colour who are killing it in the Toronto improv, sketch or stand up scene. Inspired by the runaway hit song 'Sad Femme Club' by the incomparable artist, Kimmortal. https://baddogtheatre.com/sad-femme-club
Every Friday until June 28 Bad Dog's flagship show, THEATRESPORTS presents TORONTO VS. TORONTO - the city's most exhilarating improv comedy battle where neighbourhood pride is at stake and only one neighbourhood can reign supreme! The winner is up to YOU! From the bustling streets of The Annex, to the cutthroat world of the Financial District, and from the booming Scarborough to the bumping Village and everywhere in between, comedians representing their own unique corners of the city compete in a series of games, challenges, and scenes. Each performance is unscripted, unpredictable, and inspired by audience suggestions, ensuring no two shows are ever the same.
https://baddogtheatre.com/theatresports-1
On the first Sunday of each month, join Bad Dog and Sex T-Rex for their hit show D&D Live! Journey to the fantastic, yet familiar, realm of T’Rannah in Toronto’s premier unscripted adventure comedy serial! Audience members will be asked to take up the 20 sided Die of Power and roll to determine the fate of our heroes as they haggle for gear at Forthright Ed’s, storm the gates of Castle Ohma, and plumb the depths of the monster-infested Mountains of Finance. Experience all the critical hits, the epic fails and jokes jokes jokes from an award-winning cast of comedians with swords. https://baddogtheatre.com/danddlive
Bad Dog Theatre has turned hump day into Sweet Sweet Wednesday with fantastic improv shows at Sweet Action Theatre.
The Bucket Show - May 10 & 24
Everyone is welcome to show up and get up at this Bad Dog Theatre staple! Toss your name in the bucket to perform improv live on stage (or watch the unscripted hilarity as an audience member). Hosted by a member of Bad Dog's esteemed faculty every other week, this show is a fun community night to let loose and have a laugh.
Maestro - May 15
Looking to elevate your improv? Maestro Impro™ is often described as a 'crash-and-burn-elimination-style' improv show. Maestro brings in two of Bad Dog Theatre’s top tier improvisers as two directors. Throughout the evening they will be akin to two conductors guiding an improv symphony.
Big Friendly Scene - May 29
Be the builder of worlds, the Alpha and Omega. Put your name in the bucket and build an entire universe in one show! Anyone who shows up gets to play a part (if they so choose). Improvise in scenes that will be intertwined and threaded together by the host into a world of hilarity, heartbreak, tangent, tangent upon tangent, and delightful improv nonsense.
Get your tickets at https://baddogtheatre.com/whats-on?view=calendar&month=05-2024
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